Lodge Poems – Lodge Dalkeith Kilwinning No. 10

An Episode

The record of an episode on a visitation to Dalkeith Kilwinning No 10 when presumably the deputation from Journeyman No 8 met the cost of their own refreshments, recorded in poems sometime between 1880 – 1882 (the correct date cannot be ascertained).

From Dalkeith No. 10 to Journeymen No. 8

The Reply from No. 8

An Ode to No. 10 from No. 8 on the occasion of a visit to No. 8.

A poem from the 1970s

About Us

Dalkeith, like all other towns of any importance, had its Trade Guilds, but the only one which has survived the course of years is the Freemasons.

According to the Statistical Account of Scotland, the Weavers were established in 1566, the Hammermen in 1694, Shoemakers in 1714, and the Freemasons in 1724.

The antiquity of the latter Operative Lodge must, however, go back many years before this date, as reference to it is made in the records of the Melrose Lodge in 1681.

Nearly 300 years later, Freemasonry continues to thrive in Dalkeith.